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Reston Fire Station Rallies Around Local Olympian Maame Biney
Fire Station 39 updated their sign to show support for the native speedskater.
RESTON, VA -- Reston native Maame Biney, 18, may be thousands of miles away in South Korea right now competing in the Olympics, but everyone here is still thinking of her -- including local firefighters.
Fire Station 39 in the North Point section of Reston posted a picture of their sign, which was updated to read, "Good luck Maame Biney and Team USA!"
Biney, a speedskater who was born in Ghana but came to the United States at a very young age, took her very first skate lessons at the age of 5 at SkateQuest in Reston, where a coach steered her into speedskating instead of figure skating.
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Biney finished in second in the 500-meter short-track speedskating heat on Saturday, which was good enough to earn her a spot in the final 16. She may race as many as three more times on Tuesday as she bids for a gold medal.
Fire Station 39, North Point, supporting local Reston, VA athlete @BineyMaame and all members of @TeamUSA! Good luck to all the athletes! #2018Olympics #Olympics pic.twitter.com/n6UVWE0kIn
— Fairfax Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) February 13, 2018
Image via Team USA
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